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What is TIRRC?

TIRRC is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration whose mission is to empower immigrants and refugees throughout Tennessee to develop a unified voice, defend their rights, and create an atmosphere in which they are recognized as positive contributors to the state.

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03Mar2010

March 2010 Community Events Calendar 

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  • Seeking bilingual applicants
  • Temporary jobs

For more information in Knoxville call (865) 291-5420, in Nashville call (615) 234-5760, or in Memphis call (901) 251-4410.

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Events

Free Tax Preparation Help from Legal Aid Society

For English as a Second Language & Low-income Taxpayers

  • Knoxville, TN and Oakridge, TN

1-866-481-3669 or 1-865-483-8454

Immigration Reform Phone Banking, Mar. 4

Our first of several phone banks is coming up!  We are on a quest to send at least 250 people from TN to DC on March 21 to tell President Obama that now is the time for change!

  • Thursday, March 4th
  • 4PM-8PM

TIRRC Office 

446 Metroplex Dr. Building A, Suite 224 Nashville, TN 37211

Be An A+ Parent One-Day Training Event, Mar. 6

Metro Nashville Public Schools and Alignment Nashville are sponsoring an event for parents and guardians of metro Nashville school children to provide information about the resources and services in Davidson County.

  • Mar. 6th
  • 8:00AM-12:30PM 

Trevecca University Campus  

Call 615-333-5070 Ext. 1-307 for more information.

Healthy You 101, Mar. 6

Knox County Health Department is putting on a free youth conference. Lunch provided.

  • Saturday, March 6
  • 8:30AM-2:30PM

University Center at University of TN Campus, Knoxville TN

Click here for high school preregistration and here for middle school preregistration.

For more information, click here or call Ranee Randby at 215-5534 or 388-6186

TIRRC Immigration Reform Weekly Meeting, Mar. 6, 13, 20

Join our local leaders who are planning the trip to DC, every Saturday until the mobilization on March 21.

  • Saturdays, Mar. 6, 13, 20 
  • 2-4:30PM

TIRRC Office

446 Metroplex Drive, Building A, Suite 224

Nashville, TN  37211

Mural by Migrant Education Students at Northeast State Community College, Mar. 8-Apr. 9

A mural created by Telamon migrant education students will be exhibited at Northeast State Community College.

First floor of Wayne G. Basler Library, Blountville, TN

Click here for more information.

Registration for Citizenship Clinic, Mar. 9

This is an opportunity for immigrants with a permanent residency status and who are seeking U.S. citizenship to prepare for the interview and testing process. The class will be conducted in an ESL format, so while participants learn about U.S. History and government, their English skills will improve as well.

  • Registration: March 9, 2010, 6:30PM-9:00PM
  • Classes every Tuesday and Thursday, 6:30PM-9:00PM
  • March 11-May 20, 2010

Sacred Heart School, Room 211

711 S. Northshore Drive

Knoxville, TN

(parking available)

Cost: $50.00 includes text and study materials. Click here for more information or call 865-637-4769.

The Women of Michocán, Art and Artists Exhibit, Mar. 15-April 2

  • Dyersburg, TN
  • Mar. 15-Apr. 2 

Motlow State Community College, Moore County Campus, Eoff Hall.

Click here for more information or contact Brian Robinson at brobinson@mscc.edu.

March on Washington DC for Immigration Reform, Mar. 20-22nd

Come march with more than 100,000 people from across the U.S. to pressure Congress to reform our broken immigration system this year.

  • Leave TN on buses March 20
  • Mobilization in Washington DC on March 21
  • Return to TN on March 22

For more details, call 615-414-1030 or 1-877-203-9234 or visit www.tnimmigrant.org/march

Registration for Spring "Diversity in Dialogue" Sessions on Race, March 30

Diversity in Dialogue Circles provide a forum for participants to understand their own and other’s views on racism, diversity and immigration to create long-term change.

  • Registration closes March 30
  • Sessions will be held Tuesdays evenings throughout April and May

$25 one-time fee, must commit to series of six sessions

1008 19th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212

Click here for more information or call (615) 340-7450 or contact kjohnson@scarrittbennett.org .

Registration for Spring "Diversity in Dialogue" Sessions on Immigration, March 30

Diversity in Dialogue Circles provide a forum for participants to understand their own and other’s views on racism, diversity and immigration to create long-term change.

  • Registration closes March 30
  • Sessions will be held Monday evenings throughout April and May

$25 one-time fee, must commit to series of six sessions

1008 19th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212

Click here for more information or call (615) 340-7450 or contact kjohnson@scarrittbennett.org .

New American Day on the Hill, March 31

  • Wednesday, March 31
  • Required pre-event training 9AM-11AM
  • Annual Lobbying Day12PM-4:30PM

The Freedom Center
223 Rosa L. Parks Ave. (8th Ave. N)
Nashville, TN  37203

Click here for more information.

Lecture at Northeast State Community College on Migrant Education Students' Art, Mar. 31

Lecture on mural created by Telamon migrant education students at Northeast State Community College.

  • Wednesday, Mar. 31
  • 12PM

L106 (Wayne G. Basler Library) First Floor, Blountville TN

Click here for more information.